Travel Award

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Diversity Travel Award. The Awards have been granted to:

Juan Moles Sánchez, a Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, USA. His work is focused on the study of the diversity and systematics of Antarctic heterobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda), and the application of next-generation sequencing to answer deep phylogenomic questions. The Award consists of 500 Swiss Francs to support him to attend the “World Congress of Malacology 2019” conference.

and to:

Adrià López-Baucells, a PhD student at University of Salford, UK. His work is focused on the study of sustainable land use and bat conservation worldwide. The Award consists of 500 Swiss Francs to support him to attend the “18th IBRC International Bat Research Conferences”.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their applications, describing the diverse and fascinating range of topics that they are investigating.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Editor-in-Chief

 
Diversity 2019 Travel Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Leipzig University

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink Chairman
Heidelberg University
Prof. Dr. Adriano Stinca
Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Prof. Dr. João Pedro Barreiros
Universidade dos Açores - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - Azorean Biodiversity Group
Dr. Mark Belk
Brigham Young University

Winner

Vanessa Silva
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink Chairman
Heidelberg University
Dr. Jordi Figuerola
Prof. Mary Kelly-Quinn
University College Dublin
Dr. Eric Buffetaut
CNRS
Dr. J Judson Wynne
Department of Biological Sciences
Prof. Michel Baguette
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75006 Paris, France
Dr. Richard Seigel

Winner

Arlie McCarthy
Zoology Department, University of Cambridge
Zeana Ganem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel.

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink Chairman
Heidelberg University
Prof. Simone Fattorini
University of L'Aquila
Dr. Luc Legal
UMR 5245
Prof. Giovanni Bacaro
University of Trieste
Dr. Juan Carlos Illera
Oviedo University
Prof. Ales Gregorc
University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dr. Tamer Albayrak
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Prof. Dr. Mario A. Pagnotta
Tuscia University
Dr. Stephan Koblmüller
Prof. Mary Kelly-Quinn
University College Dublin

Winner

Juan Moles Sánchez
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Winner

Raquel A. Garcia
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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